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AT THE FRONT
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CONTRIBUTORS
A selection of this magazine’s creators -
ED’S LETTER
Andrew Tuck introduces the issue -
THE OPENER
Kyrgyzstan’s flag row, Australia’s seal problem, US psychics and Italy’s generation strain. -
ELIZA JEAN REID
Iceland’s Canadian-born first lady on her adopted country and its progressive gender politics. -
MY CABINET
Meet the multitalented team bringing some 300 world-class performances a year to Oslo.
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THE AGENDA: GLOBAL BRIEFINGS
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OPENER
How the Olympics could imperil the French capital’s iconic bouquinistes. -
AFFAIRS
India’s travel boom, the Philippines’ junk-food habit and Europe’s strategic autonomy. -
BUSINESS
A course correction for Berlin Brandenburg Airport, rethinking men’s skincare and behind the scenes at international hotel brand Fairmont. -
CULTURE
The cultural agency transforming downtown Tangier, a conversation with Naomi Klein and a research project that’s sniffing out European heritage. -
DESIGN
The subtle art of London studio Jonathan Tuckey Design, a footpath connecting Porto’s communities and the Sharjah Architecture Triennial.
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GLOBAL VIEWS: INSPIRING IDEAS FOR 2024
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RUKSHANA MEDIA
The female-led news website reporting on life under the Taliban. -
CANADA’S IMMIGRATION POLICY
Take a rational approach to the movement of people. -
VICTORIA YARDS
How creatives have transformed a post-industrial neighbourhood in Johannesburg into a beacon of hope. -
MONTE’S SUBTLE REGENERATION
Why small changes can have an outsized effect on everyday life. -
EDMONTON’S NET-ZERO FIRE STATION
The Canadian fire hall showing that even functional buildings can benefit from smart innovations. -
PIERRO POZELLA
The camera repairman whose passion is helping to keep film photography alive. -
TOYOTA LAND CRUISER 250
We hop in the driver’s seat of a reinvented classic. -
NUMEROVENTI
The Florentine art residency and hotel that’s fostering creativity. -
ART IN ASPEN
Colorado’s ritziest ski town doubles as a high-altitude art mecca. -
LA CONNER SWINOMISH LIBRARY
How a new library in Washington became a community hub. -
MUCHO
The international branding and design agency that can redefine your public image. -
LIMBURG’S VELODROME
The Belgian sports complex putting its users’ needs front and centre. -
KODAI AND ASSOCIATES
Yuichi Kodai brought glimmers of Japan to a Swiss lakeside home. What will your architect do? -
ROGER&SONS
The Singaporean furniture workshop showing why understanding the craft behind your possessions matters more now than ever. -
SIGNATURE STYLES
Developing a personal uniform can help to define your identity. -
10AM APOTHEKE
The Athenian natural cosmetics brand taking beauty back to basics. -
LUCA AVITABILE
Upgrade your wardrobe by visiting a top Neapolitan shirt-maker. -
CAP KAROSO
The resort creating a sustainable community on a remote Indonesian island. -
ZEYREK CINILI HAMAM
How a 16th-century hammam in Istanbul has been sensitively revived for the modern age. -
AZABUDAI HILLS
The sprawling mixed-use development elevating urban life in Tokyo.
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INVENTORY & EXPO: WHERE TO GO, BUY AND EAT
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NEW OPENINGS
Relax in a hidden corner of Marrakech; explore the mountains of Arcadian Greece; get to know another side of Bali. Wherever 2024 takes you, these new hotels should be on your radar. -
FOOD
A new hot spot in London’s Soho and sandwich recipes from Swiss chef Ralph Schelling. -
JURA ROADTRIP
We hit the road and journey along Switzerland’s French border to explore the region’s new hotels, restaurants and wine scene. -
TRAVEL
Portable technology, great escapes and new flight routes departing from Cape Town, Shanghai and beyond. -
EXPO
We celebrate beautiful works of architecture that both inspire and uplift.
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Monocle issue issue 170 February 2024 Ideas Special
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When inspiration strikes
This was the spirit of the briefing note that went out to MONOCLE’S editors, bureaux teams and correspondents this month as we asked them to locate the people, places and projects that could change our outlooks, give us all a vision for the future (well, at least 2024). They have done well with their finds.
Whether you are for or against new year resolutions, there is something about the change of date that just makes you take stock and wonder what will unfold over the coming 12 months. Now, we are not going to tell you to hit the treadmill or go on a diet but, over the following pages, we will provide some modest suggestions for starting the year right for everyone, including all the civic leaders, diplomats and architects reading this. We’ll remind you of the pleasure of seeing the world through a camera lens – and using film in it too; take you high-altitude for a different perspective on the art scene; show you how to commission the perfect home, or an embassy; and lead you through the streets of Naples to see how slow fashion has existed in the city for generations. Sartorial swagger should definitely be on the checklist for 2024.
“As you know, heading out into the world is something of a founding principle at Monocle and will be key in 2024”
In our Expo pages, our design editor, Nic Monisse, joins in as he looks at architecture that inspires – how buildings can be designed to elicit elevating emotions from us. As he points out, no architecture is neutral but how some structures make us feel wiser, more focused, more in awe is still something that can be hard to explain: the church that makes even those with no religion look to the heavens and feel something spiritual emanating from the soaring walls; the library that bathes us in the power and potency of knowledge shared. He’s lined up a stellar parade of edifices that should hopefully make your thoughts fly too.
Then we drop in on the new Azabudai Hills project in Tokyo, a mixed-use scheme by Heatherwick Studio that delivers peerless architecture, offers retail that raises the bar globally and has an understanding of public realm that is breathtaking. It’s somewhere every developer and city maker should have on their travel itinerary for 2024. And a word on this. At a time when we need to be building better, making places that resonate and create communities, it’s depressing how often those in charge of the budgets and decision making are reluctant to see what’s already out there – and triumphing. It’s only by venturing out into the world to seek new inspiration that we can ever hope to shrug off cloaks of mediocrity.
And, as you know, heading out into the world is something of a founding principle at MONOCLE and will be key in 2024. It’s striking how many media companies – big ones – have retreated to desk reporting, rewriting other people’s dispatches to give them a bit of a spin. But it’s only by being present that you get a sense of what’s really happening, what’s taking place just out of the frame. That’s why we are working on producing more events in 2024, looking to announce some very exciting physical-presence developments (sorry, I know that sounds obscure) and ensuring that our writers and editors go out and explore. It’s the only way to stay inspired.
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